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Quotation dates: 1513-1540, 1596-1633
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Strikin, ppl. adj. Also: strykkyn, strickyne, strucken, -in, strukne. [e.m.E. streken (1495), striken (1538), stryken (1535), stricken (1590); p.p. of Strik(e v.]
1. Wounded, hurt. Also absol. 1513 Doug. iv ii 40.
As ane strykkyn hynd, quhom the stalkar … from far betis with hys flaneabsol. 1596 Dalr. I 123/5.
Lat him that strykes be called giltie, & the strukne absoluet
2. Of money: Minted, coined. 1540 Misc. Hist. Soc. X 32.
Put into [the] purs of expensis in new strickyne g[old that] is to saye iiixx of new pecys ilk [pece be]and xl s., summa icxx [lib.] 1596 Dalr. I 140/16.
Afor him in Albion was na vsse of strukne or cuinȝet money
3. Driven or knocked out (furth) through a wall. 1535–6 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I 190.
In the new strikin furth lycht in the north syd of the chalmer nixt the tour xxxi futtis [sc. of glass] 1633 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II 319.
Ane pair of cruikis to the new struckin out dore in my Lord of Mortonis heigh galrie
4. Forcibly affected by (some emotion). 1628 Mure Doomesday 562.
If charming sounds, ensnaring sights, In mindes of wonder-strucken wights
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